The Incredible Shrinking Package

   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #42  
The potato chip guys were pretty slick when they did away with the see-through bags so you can't see that their only half full now.
Now they act like you are getting a deal when you buy "2 for $3.00" although with two bags you are getting the same amount of chips as one bag used to cost. I went into a store recently and bought a "twofer"... one plain and one barbequed. When I found out that they had to be the exact same item I said "no thanks" and put them back.
 
   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #43  
You want to buy a beer at a bar and the glass sizes have different names in different states and some have the same name but different sizes, makes it very confusing and you are not sure what size you are about to get.
Known as: Glass, Pony, Pot, Handle, Schooner, Middy and one I have missed, I'm sure Wagtail will fill in the missing bits.
Just buy a bottled beer and take it home.
 
   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #44  
Can't be as bad as getting a 2oz Orange Juice at Holiday Inn for twelve Bucks! I almost never buy a beverage anywhere, because it's such a bad deal. No preparation, just profit. If I am on the road, I might duck into a supermarket and grab a big (REAL) OJ jug, on sale! Take home what I don't drink. Call me cheap!
 
   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #45  
You want to buy a beer at a bar and the glass sizes have different names in different states and some have the same name but different sizes, makes it very confusing and you are not sure what size you are about to get.
Known as: Glass, Pony, Pot, Handle, Schooner, Middy and one I have missed, I'm sure Wagtail will fill in the missing bits.
Just buy a bottled beer and take it home.
I started ordering bottles on the rare occasion I go out. No telling when the lines were last cleaned or how old the beer is with draft.
 
   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #46  
Can't be as bad as getting a 2oz Orange Juice at Holiday Inn for twelve Bucks! I almost never buy a beverage anywhere, because it's such a bad deal. No preparation, just profit. If I am on the road, I might duck into a supermarket and grab a big (REAL) OJ jug, on sale! Take home what I don't drink. Call me cheap!

$12, that cost me $20 a couple of weeks ago with two slices of dry cold toast.
We take a box of muesli bars and tetra packs of OJ, just got caught out on this trip.
 
   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #47  
If I am on the road, I might duck into a supermarket and grab a big (REAL) OJ jug, on sale! Take home what I don't drink. Call me cheap!

Dunno if you drink soda, but a lot of convenience stores have fountain drinks super cheap...even the 48oz "big glug" is not much more than a buck. Cheaper than a 2l bottle, and more portable.
Just taste it first...some stores (Cumberland Farms is a big offender) don't always replace the syrup in a timely fashion... :irked:

Does always amaze me the people who fill the cup full of ice first. To me it's always plenty cold right out of the machine.
 
   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #48  
I started ordering bottles on the rare occasion I go out. No telling when the lines were last cleaned or how old the beer is with draft.

I once met someone who worked in a bottling plant who said he always drinks draft, you wouldn't believe what goes into bottles! Pick your poison I guess.
 
   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #49  
A pet peeve for me is the bubble placed in the middle of toothpaste (and similar) tubes. I invariably end up blowing away a day's supply when the bubble gets to the top.
 
   / The Incredible Shrinking Package #50  
Most cereal boxes are now only about half full when you buy them. In a few more years, they will be empty and we will be eating cardboard for breakfast. At least we will be getting lots of fibre.

I'm glad I'm not raising kids. The price of cereal is astounding!!
 

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